Is Science Compatible with Free Will? Exploring Free Will and Consciousness in the Light of Quantum Physics and Neuroscience /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Suarez, Antoine (Editor), Adams, Peter (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Psychology.; Neurosciences.; Philosophy and science.; Cognitive psychology.; Cognitive Psychology.; Philosophy of Science.

There is a perceived conflict within the scientific community between the conviction that a human being has free will on one hand, and deterministic physics and neuroscience on the other. When faced with this conflict, two alternative positions are possible: either human freedom is an illusion, or d...